The U.S. election is still undecided. Chris and Phil Moorhouse discuss what that means for U.K. politics. We also talk about Lockdown 2, masks in schools and the Food Standards Bill. 

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Reformer by the Ian Duncan Smiths

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Timestamps:

00:25: U.S. Election status (Thursday evening)

05:22: Trumpism has not been defeated

08:35: What is the antidote from the left?

14:35: Lockdown 2 vote passes

18:35: COVID U-turns only fuel uncertainty

23:45: Operation moonshot begins?

28:24: Nigel Farage: Reformer (The Ian Duncan Smiths)

29:30: Masks in schools

36:16: The food standards bill

38:50: Brexit trade deal with U.S.

41:40: Misinformation and false equivalence

42:23: Remainers blamed for "terrible" Biden win

45:13: Electoral Reform as the best hope for progressive govt?

50:56: If Biden wins, will Boris Johnson change tack or be pushed out?

56:00: Boris's successor?

57:40: Will leave versus remain define U.K. politics into the future?

In this episode, we chat with Phil Moorhouse, political commentator with his YouTube Channel "A Different Bias". We talk about independent media, political fatigue and Brexit.

We also discuss Jeremy Corbyn's suspension and what this does to Labour's recent positive momentum. 

Timestamps:

00:50: Introduction

04:10: Political fatigue and the 2019 election

07:09: Boris johnson the man of the people?

10:30: Do people in the UK want a “ruling class”?

12:00: Kier Starmer and charisma

14:10: Why was Brexit never explained to people?

19:30: Britain and the E.U.

21:40: When will Brexit “get real” for people?

26:00: Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party

37:00: The BBC bans “virtue signalling” from staff

39:00: Is the conservative party nastier now?